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self-supporting, moral. Industrious community.
The efforts of the Church of England authori-
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ritual and government forced them to appeal for
protection to the Canadian governments. and,
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They prefer abandoning their homes and ON
igrating to q strange country rather than sur
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"a History of the French Revolution" by H.
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''John Sewer as Commonwealth builder" by
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Roundabout to Moscow" by John Bell Bow
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1.-THE Story of Alexanders Empire" by DR..
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Familiar Studies of Men and Books by
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